Trains operated by Northern- who serve Whitby, Scarborough, Filey and Bridlington, were the target of almost 70 dangerous attacks in the last 12 months.
Since August last year, its services across the North of England were struck by 42 bricks, stones and rocks thrown from bridges and railway embankments.
Tony Baxter, Regional Director for Northern Rail, says its carriages also collided with 27 ‘substantial items’ deliberately placed on the track:
Mr Baxter says that Shopping Trollies, pushchairs and bikes are just some of the items that have been deliberately placed on railway tracks in the last year:
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